Improvement in herding and securing cattle



@teiten gieten utrnt @ffice JESSE WILKINSON, OF URBANA, ILLINOIS,ASSIGNOR TO HORACE BALLARD WILKINSON, OF SAME PLACE. 4

Letters Patent No. 78,631, dated June 2, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT TN EEEDING AND sEcUEINe CATTLE.

'lO ALL WHOM ITMAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, JESSE WILKINSON, of Urbana, in the county ofChampaign, and State of Illinois, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Herders for Securing Cattle when Feeding; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making part ot'this specification, in which it is shown inY perspective. i v

My improvement consists in attaching the halters of cattle, Src., to asheave which runs upon a taut rope, so that they may feed within limitsgoverned by adjustable stops attached to said rope, the rope beingstretched by a windlass, so that the posts or trestles sustaining therope may be held in position by the tension hereof, by which meansI amenabled to set up the herder easily, and t conveniently remove'it fromplace to place in the pasture. i l

Invthe annexed drawings, A is aropo raised above the height of thecattle upon the trusses B B, and fastened at one end to a post,O, and atthe other to awindlass,-D, by which it may be'tightened. Thedoublesheaved block E runs freely alongthe' rope, and to it is secured`the halter F. rIhe movement of the animal along the length of the ropeis limited by adjustable bloc-ks G'attached to the rope by set-screws,so than any number of animals that may be fastened to the rope may blcallowed an equal range. i

The post holding the end ofthe rope is inserted in the ground bydriving; the trestles rest upon the-ground, are held in place by th'etension of the rope. 'Ihre whole apparatus may be readily removed fromone part oi' the pasture to another, inwhich respect it is distinguishedfrom' others that have been used, which, being supported on permanentposts, can only be used for feeding cattle in one place', and are notadaptable for pasturing their. I only claim the peculiar features ofmyarrangement which reudermy herder iit for use in pasturing cattle.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

'lhe combination of the windlass for stretching the rope D, the saidrope, the post C, and trusses B B, resting uponthe ground, together withthe traversing-bloclc-and pulley E, and adjustable stops G,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof, I have signedpiy' name tothisspecification. in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

f. JESSE WILKINSON.

Witnesses:

W. Gr. BROWN, J. H'. WooDMANsEE.

